Carbonyl , fluorine-containing chemistry

According to Klimov (Ref 2) the tetrafluoride is resistant to deton. However, because of its high reactivity, very sensitive explns result from contact with flammable materials such as acet, polyethylene, wool, paper, sawdust, Al foil, ferric carbonyl, lubricants or styrene Refs 1) J.H. Holloway, Noble-Gas Chemistry , Methuen, London (1968), 95 ff 2) BD. Klimov et al, Explosion Hazard During Work With Fluorine Containing Xenon Compounds , Zh Prikl Khim (Leningrad) 42 (12), 2822-24 (1969) CA 72, 85784 (1970) 3) T.C. 

The most obvious feature of the chemistry of highly fluorinated aromatic compounds and alkenes which can be exploited is their susceptibility to nucleophilic attack. Therefore, reactions with anionic species containing metals can be useful and the most significant examples of this type involve transition-metal carbonyl anions [6, 10] (Figure 10.5). 

Detailed studies of the chlorine-atom-sensitized oxidation of chloromethane, dichloromethane, 1,1,2-trichloroethane, CH2CC12, and C2C14148 have been reported. Reports on the photolysis of Freons of interest to upper-atmosphere chemistry are discussed in the last section of this Report, and laser enhancement of some halogen-containing molecular reactions is discussed in Section 11. A paper concerned with the mechanism of photodissociation of alkyl and aryl halides was discussed earlier.38 The photochemical chlorination of 1,2-dichloroethane149 and fluorination of carbonyl fluoride,150 reactions of 2 radicals,151 and the photochemical decomposition of FaO at elevated temperatures152 have been reported. 

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